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Della Reese, 1979

Photograph by: Spitzer, David D., American
Subject of: Della Reese, American, 1937 - 2017

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 13 7/8 x 9 3/8 in. (35.2 x 23.8 cm); H x W (Sheet): 14 x 10 1/2 in. (35.5 x 26.7 cm); H x W (Matted): 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Place captured: Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida, United States, North and Central America

Date: ca. 1979

Description: A black-and-white photograph of vocalist Della Reese singing during a performance in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Reese is photographed from the right and is singinging into a microphone held in her right hand. She wears a dark dress with patterned sequins.

Topic: African American; Actors; Jazz (Music); Photography; Singers (Musicians)

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of David D. Spitzer

Object number: 2012.164.110

Restrictions & Rights: © David D. Spitzer

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Michael Jordan, Orlando, FL 1993

Photograph by: Iooss, Walter Jr., American, born 1943
Subject of: Jordan, Michael, American, born 1963

Medium: digital
Dimensions: H x W: 5585pixels × 8472pixels

Type: portraits; digital images

Place depicted: Orlando, Orange County, Florida, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1993

Description: An image of Michael Jordan sitting shirtless at a table. Jordan is looking at the camera, smiling and holding some playing cards. Stacks of cards are strewn around the rest of the table that also has a vase of flowers on top of it at center.

Topic: African American; Athletes; Basketball; Photography

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture, Gift of Walter Iooss

Object number: 2016.164.19

Restrictions & Rights: © Walter Iooss

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Portfolio/Series: Jordan
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Serena Williams, Miami Beach 2003

Photograph by: Iooss, Walter Jr., American, born 1943
Subject of: Williams, Serena Jameka, American, born 1981

Medium: digital
Dimensions: H x W: 5000pixels × 4034pixels

Type: portraits; digital images

Place depicted: Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, North and Central America

Date: 2003

Description: An image of Serena Williams. The low-angle image features Williams standing in front of an in-ground pool wearing a white bathing suit and heels. She is standing towards the camera, but looking past it, with her hands on her hips.

Topic: African American; Athletes; Photography; Tennis

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture, Gift of Walter Iooss

Object number: 2016.164.20

Restrictions & Rights: © Walter Iooss

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Portfolio/Series: Icons
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Dave Parker, 1980 Bradenton Fla.

Photograph by: Iooss, Walter Jr., American, born 1943
Subject of: Parker, Dave; Jackson, Grant; Unidentified Man or Men; Pittsburgh Pirates, American, founded 1882

Medium: digital
Dimensions: H x W: 6075pixels × 4061pixels

Type: portraits; digital images

Place depicted: Bradenton, Manatee County, Florida, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1980

Description: An image of Dave Parker and fellow Pittsburgh Pirates players in the dugout. Parker is featured at the center of the image smoking. Grant Parker, (number 23) sits behind Parker on the bench and is also smoking. Other players are partially visible in the image.

Topic: African American; Athletes; Baseball; Photography

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture, Gift of Walter Iooss

Object number: 2016.164.36

Restrictions & Rights: © Walter Iooss

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Portfolio/Series: Baseball
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Derek Jeter, Tampa, Fl. 2003

Photograph by: Iooss, Walter Jr., American, born 1943
Subject of: Jeter, Derek, American, born 1974; New York Yankees, American, founded 1901

Medium: digital
Dimensions: H x W: 2800pixels × 2200pixels

Type: portraits; digital images

Place depicted: Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, United States, North and Central America

Date: 2003

Description: An image of Derek Jeter in Tampa, Florida. The close-up image features Jeter looking straight into the camera wearing his New York Yankees uniform.

Topic: African American; Athletes; Baseball; Photography

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture, Gift of Walter Iooss

Object number: 2016.164.38

Restrictions & Rights: © Walter Iooss

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Portfolio/Series: Baseball
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Color photo of Mae Reeves at age 85

Photograph by: Unidentified
Subject of: Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016

Medium: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image & Sheet): 6 15/16 x 5 1/16 in. (17.6 x 12.9 cm)

Type: chromogenic color prints; portraits

Place collected: Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Place captured: Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1997

Description: A color photo of Mae Reeves sitting in a chair in front of a potted plant. She wears a black dress with a large white floral decoration just below her left shoulder. She wears a long white pearl necklace, a golden necklace with circular pendant, and black hat. The photo date [12 7 '97] is imprinted in the lower left corner

Topic: African American; Photography

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Mae Reeves and her children, Donna Limerick and William Mincey, Jr.

Object number: 2010.6.210.1

Restrictions & Rights: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Collection title: Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Color photo of Mae Reeves at age 85

Photograph by: Unidentified
Subject of: Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016

Medium: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image & Sheet): 6 15/16 x 5 1/16 in. (17.6 x 12.9 cm)

Type: chromogenic color prints; portraits

Place collected: Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Place captured: Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1997

Description: A color photo of Mae Reeves sitting in a chair, taken at the same time and in the same place as 2010.6.210.1. She wears the same outfit, the photo is only framed differently, pulled back slightly, so the large white chair and tiered sitting areas are visible.

Topic: African American; Photography

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Mae Reeves and her children, Donna Limerick and William Mincey, Jr.

Object number: 2010.6.210.2

Restrictions & Rights: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Collection title: Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Thomas Walter Gaither Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Gaither, Thomas Walter Ph. D., American, born 1938
Interviewed by: Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
Subject of: Claflin University, American, founded 1869; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909; Congress of Racial Equality, American, founded 1942; Freedom Riders, American, founded 1961; University of Iowa, American, founded 1847

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 02:10:47

Type: video recordings; oral histories

Place collected: Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Great Falls, Chester County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America; Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America; Hollywood, Browar County, Florida, United States, North and Central America

Date: September 12, 2011

Description: The oral history consists of ten digital files: 2011.174.43.1a, 2011.174.43.1b, 2011.174.43.1c, 2011.174.43.1d, 2011.174.43.1e, 2011.174.43.1f, 2011.174.43.1g, 2011.174.43.1h, 2011.174.43.1i, and 2011.174.43.1j.; Thomas Gaither, Ph. D. recalls growing up in Great Falls, South Carolina, attending Claflin College, and leading the college's National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) chapter. He remembers the student sit-ins in Orangeburg, South Carolina, joining the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), and being arrested for protesting in Hollywood, Florida. He discusses organizing the Freedom Rides, his belief in nonviolence, and earning his Ph. D. in biology at the University of Iowa.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0043

Topic: African American; Activism; American South; Associations and institutions; Civil Rights; Education; Prisons; Resistance; Segregation; Social reform; United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Object number: 2011.174.43.1a-j

Restrictions & Rights: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Collection title: Civil Rights History Project
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Audrey Nell Hamilton and JoeAnn Anderson Ulmer Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Hamilton, Audrey Nell, American; Ulmer, JoeAnn Anderson, American
Interviewed by: Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
Subject of: Hayling, Robert Bagner D.D., American, 1929 - 2015; F. W. Woolworth Company, American, 1879 - 1997; Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968; Robinson, Jackie, American, 1919 - 1972

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 01:06:20

Type: video recordings; oral histories

Place collected: Saint Augustine, Saint Johns County, Florida, United States, North and Central America

Date: September 13, 2011

Description: The oral history consists of two digital files: 2011.174.44.1a and 2011.174.44.1b.; Audrey Hamilton and JoeAnn Ulmer recall growing up in St. Augustine, Florida, and participating in sit-ins led by Robert Hayling, D.D. at Woolworth's drug store as teenagers. They recall serving a sentence in jail, attending reform school, and meeting Martin Luther King, Jr., and Jackie Robinson.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0044

Topic: African American; Activism; American South; Civil Rights; Prisons; Resistance; Segregation; Social reform; United States--History--1961-1969; Youth

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Object number: 2011.174.44.1ab

Restrictions & Rights: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Collection title: Civil Rights History Project
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

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Purcell Maurice Conway Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Conway, Purcell Maurice, American, founded 1948
Interviewed by: Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 01:16:44

Type: video recordings; oral histories

Place collected: Saint Augustine, Saint ohns County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date: September 13, 2011

Description: The oral history consists of four digital files: 2011.174.45.1a, 2011.174.45.1b, 2011.174.45.1c, and 2011.174.45.1d.; Purcell Conway recalls growing up in St. Augustine, Florida, and working many odd jobs. He recalls facing discrimination, participating in demonstrations, and witnessing a riot when attempting to integrate the beach. He also discusses moving to New York City, his career as a police officer, and successfully suing the city for discrimination in promotions.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0045

Topic: African American; Activism; American South; Civil Rights; Justice; Labor; Race discrimination; United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Object number: 2011.174.45.1a-d

Restrictions & Rights: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Collection title: Civil Rights History Project
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

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Barbara Edna Vickers Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Vickers, Barbara Edna, American, born 1923
Interviewed by: Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
Subject of: Hayling, Robert Bagner D.D., American, 1929 - 2015

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 00:58:57

Type: video recordings; oral histories

Place collected: Saint Augustine, Saint Johns, Florida, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: New York, United States, North and Central America

Date: September 13, 2011

Description: The oral history consists of four digital files: 2011.174.46.1a, 2011.174.46.1b, 2011.174.46.1c, and 2011.174.46.1d.; Barbara Vickers recalls growing up in St. Augustine, Florida, working in a shipyard in New York during World War II, and returning to St. Augustine with her husband. She remembers working as a beautician, working with her neighbor, Robert Hayling, D.D. to organize civil rights protests and participating in kneel-ins in segregated churches. She also discusses raising money to build a monument to the foot soldiers of the civil rights movement in St. Augustine.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0046

Topic: African American; Activism; American South; Business; Civil Rights; Labor; Religion; Segregation; Social reform; United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Object number: 2011.174.46.1a-d

Restrictions & Rights: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Collection title: Civil Rights History Project
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

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Gwendolyn Annette Duncan Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Duncan, Gwendolyn Annette, American, born 1956
Interviewed by: Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
Subject of: Ku Klux Klan, 3rd, American, founded 1946; ACCORD Freedom Trail, American

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 00:33:37

Type: video recordings; oral histories

Place collected: Saint Augustine, Saint Johns, Florida, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Lincolnville, Saint Augustine, Saint Johns County, Florida, United States, North and Central America

Date: September 14, 2011

Description: The oral history consists of two digital files: 2011.174.47.1a and 2011.174.47.1b.; Gwendolyn Duncan recalls her family history in Saint Augustine, Florida, watching a Ku Klux Klan parade through the black neighborhood of Lincolnville, and integrating a white school. She discusses the efforts in St. Augustine to commemorate the local civil rights movement, including the ACCORD Freedom Trail.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0047

Topic: African American; American South; Civil Rights; Education; Segregation; Social reform; United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Object number: 2011.174.47.1ab

Restrictions & Rights: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

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Robert Bagner Hayling, D.D Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Hayling, Robert Bagner D.D., American, 1929 - 2015
Interviewed by: Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
Subject of: United States Air Force, American, founded 1947; Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry, American, founded 1884; NAACP Youth Council, American, founded 1936; Ku Klux Klan, 3rd, American, founded 1946; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909; Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 01:54:48

Type: video recordings; oral histories

Place collected: Saint Augustine, Saint Johns, Florida, United States, North and Central America; Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Cocoa, Brevard County, Florida, United States, North and Central America

Date: September 14, 2011

Description: The oral history consists of six digital files: 2011.174.48.1a, 2011.174.48.1b, 2011.174.48.1c, 2011.174.48.1d, 2011.174.48.1e, and 2011.174.48.1f.; Robert Hayling, D.D recalls serving in the air force during World War II, attending the Meharry Dental School, and participating in civil rights protests in Nashville, Tennessee. He remembers starting his dental practice in St. Augustine, Florida, leading the local National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) youth group, and the exclusion of African Americans from St. Augustine's 400th anniversary celebration, and being attacked by the Ku Klux Klan. He also discusses resigning from the NAACP, the support of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) for local protests, and his move to Cocoa, Florida.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0048

Topic: African American; Activism; American South; Associations and institutions; Civil Rights; Hate crimes; Medicine; Military; Race discrimination; Social reform; World War II

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Object number: 2011.174.48.1a-f

Restrictions & Rights: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Collection title: Civil Rights History Project
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

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Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons, Ph.D. Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Simmons, Gwendolyn Zoharah Ph.D., American, born 1944
Interviewed by: Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
Subject of: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s; Spelman College, American, founded 1881; Mississippi Freedom Schools, American, founded 1964; Mississippi Freedom Summer Project, American, founded 1964; American Friends Service Committee, American, founded 1917; Federal Bureau of Investigation, American, founded 1908; COINTELPRO, American, 1956 - 1971

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 01:37:29

Type: video recordings; oral histories

Place collected: Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Laurel, Jones County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America; New York, United States, North and Central America

Date: September 14, 2011

Description: The oral history consists of five digital files: 2011.174.49.1a, 2011.174.49.1b, 2011.174.49.1c, 2011.174.49.1d, and 2011.174.49.1e.; Gwendolyn Simmons, Ph.D. recalls joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) while a student at Spelman College. She remembers directing SNCC's voter registration and Freedom School, called the Freedom Summer Project in Laurel, Mississippi. She discusses learning about Black Nationalism in New York, the decision in SNCC to expel white members, and her work with the American Friends Service Committee's Program on Government Surveillance and Citizens' Rights to interview members of organizations investigated by the FBI's Counterintelligence Program (COINTELPRO).; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0049

Topic: African American; Activism; American South; Associations and institutions; Civil Rights; Education; Race relations; Social reform; Suffrage; United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Object number: 2011.174.49.1a-e

Restrictions & Rights: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

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Something to Build On

16mm motion picture film of Something to Build On

Directed by: Bourne, St. Clair, American, 1943 - 2007
Produced by: Chamba Productions, founded 1971
Composed by: Hancock, Herbie, American, born 1940
Subject of: Nairobi College, founded 1969
Created by: California State University, Los Angeles, American, founded 1947
Subject of: The City College of the City University of New York, American, founded 1847; St. Petersburg College, American, founded 1927; Clark Atlanta University, American, founded 1988; Morehouse College, American, founded 1867
Owned by: Bowser, Pearl, American, born 1931

Medium: 16mm Film (a): acetate film;
Dimensions: Duration: 30 Minutes; Length (Film): 1190 Feet

Type: motion pictures (information artifacts)

Place filmed: East Palo Alto, San Mateo County, California, United States, North and Central America; Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America; Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, United States, North and Central America; Harlem, New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America; Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1971

Caption: 16mm color film directed by St. Clair Bourne and produced by his production company, Chamba Productions, for the College Entrance Examination Board. The film provides various perspectives on the college experience and presents resources to encourage minority youth to attend college.
Description: 16mm color film directed by St. Clair Bourne and produced his production company, Chamba Productions, for the College Entrance Examination Board. The film provides various perspectives on the college experience and presents resources to encourage minority youth to attend college.; Consists of: 16mm Film (a).; 2012.79.1.54.1a: 16mm film. Film begins with an introduction animated segment of a young black man walking down a city sidewalk and then entering a doorway with the word College written over it. A musical soundtrack accompanies the animation. He walks down the hallway past doors and a trophy case while the voiceover narration begins. The narration focuses on thinking about how to get started on applying for college. The animation sequence depicts the prospective student collecting paperwork and talking to the appropriate people to take to the door with a college sign next to it. The animated introduction ends and the film transitions to live action and the title of the film. A man runs out of a storefront across a parking lot to his car. The next scene shows a professor leading a class discussion in a classroom. Then there is an exterior shot of Nairobi College and the man from earlier in the film running in the front door. The college is located in a small house. The narrator introduces the college and the man joins the classroom conversation. The narrator introduces Nate Perry, the man that has been in the film, and he talks about enrolling in Nairobi College. The narrator explains that the purpose of the college is to teach leaders for non-white communities and break down the separation of the college and the community by holding classes in different locations. The next scene shows the Nairobi College Cultural Center and students playing music and dancing. The next subject of the film is California State College (California State University) in Los Angeles. The narrator discusses the importance of the college for the Mexican American community. There is a shot of the front door of College Recruitment for Educational Opportunity (CREO). The door also has a sign for Community Relations for Educational Opportunity (also CREO). People are shown walking into the office and talking to someone in the office and he answers questions about gaining admission to college. A man is shown talking outside and a group discussion ensues about confronting the power structure. An inside classroom discussion also shows students talking about similar problems as those in the outside discussion. The next scene shows New York City and the narrator begins talking about City College of New York in Harlem and the importance of providing both financial assistance as well as special counseling and tutoring. However, the narrator points out that black and Puerto Rican students demanded an open admissions policy. A group of students is shown discussing education issues and going back to the community to work and raise awareness. The narrator introduces Megan McLaughlin, and she describes through a voiceover narration the Search for Elevation, Education, and Knowledge (SEEK) Program. She is shown walking on sidewalks during the voiceover narration. The next scene features St. Petersburg College, and the narrator discusses attending a junior college before attending a four-year institution. Students share their experiences and how students can benefit from attending a junior college. The smaller classes are beneficial and the opportunity to balance home life with attending college are among those benefits. The scene is filmed inside of a moving car while Don Gekkins, director of the Service Center Program, talks about how the program works. The next scene shows him entering a classroom where children are reciting words displayed on cards held by a tutor from the junior college. Don Gekkins is then shown leaving his house with his two sons and playing with them. Gekkins, in a voiceover narration, describes growing up in a depressed area of St. Petersburg. The next scene shows a college marching band leading a parade down a street. The narrator discusses this parade in the context of a four-year university and the distractions of a four-year university, particularly sports events. The university being discussed appears to be Howard University in Washington, D.C. After footage of cheerleaders and a football game, a football player is interviewed about attending college on a scholarship. After the interview, there is footage of a football practice. The next scene includes an interview with Tom Nelson, a college graduate and ex-professional football player. The next scene shows two men picking up trash on the sidewalk, then some other men performing municipal trash service. There is footage of a college campus, probably Clark University in Atlanta, while the narrator discusses the main reasons for attending college. The next scene shows a woman walking on a sidewalk and into a building while the narrator begins a discussion about financial aid. The woman enters an office and talks to a financial aid officer while the narrator discusses the difference between types of financial aid. The next scene shows a student from Nigeria at Morehouse College in Atlanta, and he discusses studying science to bring back knowledge to Nigeria. The film ends with the narrator presenting a summary of what has been discussed, and there is a montage of images from the entire film.

Topic: African American; Dance; Education; Football; Urban life

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Pearl Bowser

Object number: 2012.79.1.54.1a

Restrictions & Rights: Public Domain

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Collection title: Pearl Bowser Collection
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Something to Build On

16mm motion picture film of Something to Build On

Directed by: Bourne, St. Clair, American, 1943 - 2007
Produced by: Chamba Productions, founded 1971
Composed by: Hancock, Herbie, American, born 1940
Subject of: Nairobi College, founded 1969; California State University, Los Angeles, American, founded 1947; The City College of the City University of New York, American, founded 1847; St. Petersburg College, American, founded 1927; Clark Atlanta University, American, founded 1988; Morehouse College, American, founded 1867
Owned by: Bowser, Pearl, American, born 1931

Medium: 16mm Film (a): acetate film;
Dimensions: Duration: 30 Minutes; Length (Film): 1190 Feet

Type: motion pictures (information artifacts)

Place filmed: East Palo Alto, San Mateo County, California, United States, North and Central America; Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America; Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, United States, North and Central America; New York City, Harlem, New York, United States, North and Central America; Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1971

Caption: 16mm color film directed by St. Clair Bourne and produced by his production company, Chamba Productions, for the College Entrance Examination Board. The film provides various perspectives on the college experience and presents resources to encourage minority youth to attend college.
Description: 16mm color film directed by St. Clair Bourne and produced his production company, Chamba Productions, for the College Entrance Examination Board. The film provides various perspectives on the college experience and presents resources to encourage minority youth to attend college.; Consists of: 16mm Film (a).; 2012.79.1.54.2a: 16mm film. Film begins with an introduction animated segment of a young black man walking down a city sidewalk and then entering a doorway with the word College written over it. A musical soundtrack accompanies the animation. He walks down the hallway past doors and a trophy case while the voiceover narration begins. The narration focuses on thinking about how to get started on applying for college. The animation sequence depicts the prospective student collecting paperwork and talking to the appropriate people to take to the door with a college sign next to it. The animated introduction ends and the film transitions to live action and the title of the film. A man runs out of a storefront across a parking lot to his car. The next scene shows a professor leading a class discussion in a classroom. Then there is an exterior shot of Nairobi College and the man from earlier in the film running in the front door. The college is located in a small house. The narrator introduces the college and the man joins the classroom conversation. The narrator introduces Nate Perry, the man that has been in the film, and he talks about enrolling in Nairobi College. The narrator explains that the purpose of the college is to teach leaders for non-white communities and break down the separation of the college and the community by holding classes in different locations. The next scene shows the Nairobi College Cultural Center and students playing music and dancing. The next subject of the film is California State College (California State University) in Los Angeles. The narrator discusses the importance of the college for the Mexican American community. There is a shot of the front door of College Recruitment for Educational Opportunity (CREO). The door also has a sign for Community Relations for Educational Opportunity (also CREO). People are shown walking into the office and talking to someone in the office and he answers questions about gaining admission to college. A man is shown talking outside and a group discussion ensues about confronting the power structure. An inside classroom discussion also shows students talking about similar problems as those in the outside discussion. The next scene shows New York City and the narrator begins talking about City College of New York in Harlem and the importance of providing both financial assistance as well as special counseling and tutoring. However, the narrator points out that black and Puerto Rican students demanded an open admissions policy. A group of students is shown discussing education issues and going back to the community to work and raise awareness. The narrator introduces Megan McLaughlin, and she describes through a voiceover narration the Search for Elevation, Education, and Knowledge (SEEK) Program. She is shown walking on sidewalks during the voiceover narration. The next scene features St. Petersburg College, and the narrator discusses attending a junior college before attending a four-year institution. Students share their experiences and how students can benefit from attending a junior college. The smaller classes are beneficial and the opportunity to balance home life with attending college are among those benefits. The scene is filmed inside of a moving car while Don Gekkins, director of the Service Center Program, talks about how the program works. The next scene shows him entering a classroom where children are reciting words displayed on cards held by a tutor from the junior college. Don Gekkins is then shown leaving his house with his two sons and playing with them. Gekkins, in a voiceover narration, describes growing up in a depressed area of St. Petersburg. The next scene shows a college marching band leading a parade down a street. The narrator discusses this parade in the context of a four-year university and the distractions of a four-year university, particularly sports events. The university being discussed appears to be Howard University in Washington, D.C. After footage of cheerleaders and a football game, a football player is interviewed about attending college on a scholarship. After the interview, there is footage of a football practice. The next scene includes an interview with Tom Nelson, a college graduate and ex-professional football player. The next scene shows two men picking up trash on the sidewalk, then some other men performing municipal trash service. There is footage of a college campus, probably Clark University in Atlanta, while the narrator discusses the main reasons for attending college. The next scene shows a woman walking on a sidewalk and into a building while the narrator begins a discussion about financial aid. The woman enters an office and talks to a financial aid officer while the narrator discusses the difference between types of financial aid. The next scene shows a student from Nigeria at Morehouse College in Atlanta, and he discusses studying science to bring back knowledge to Nigeria. The film ends with the narrator presenting a summary of what has been discussed, and there is a montage of images from the entire film.

Topic: African American; Dance; Education; Football; Urban life

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Pearl Bowser

Object number: 2012.79.1.54.2a

Restrictions & Rights: Public Domain

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Collection title: Pearl Bowser Collection
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

KNOLLWOOD GROVES INC. LAKE WORTH, FLORIDA

Created by: L. L. Cook Company, American, 1921 - 1980
Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men

Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
Dimensions: H x W: 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (8.9 x 14 cm)

Type: photographic postcards

Place depicted: Lake Worth, Palm Beach County, Florida, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1930s

Description: A black-and-white photographic postcard of a tractor hauling boxes of produce in Lake Worth, Florida. A man sits at the wheel of a tractor hauling a flat-bed wagon loaded with wooden crates of oranges. The wagon is backed up to a wide opening in a low, light-colored building. At the building opening, two men stand on either side of the wagon, to load or unload the crates. Another man stands in the background to the right of frame. Behind the building, the tops of palm trees are visible. Handwritten white text at the bottom reads [KNOLLWOOD GROVES INC. LAKE WORTH, FLORIDA]. On the back of the postcard is the printer's mark and an EKC stamp mark. The postcard has not been used and there are no inscriptions.

Topic: African American; Agriculture; Labor; Photography

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2010.36.7.4

Restrictions & Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

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Untitled

Created by: Samuels, Ossie Lee, American, born 1931

Medium: acrylic paint with glitter and glass and metal on wood
Dimensions: 24 3/4 x 48 1/4 x 15 3/4 in. (62.9 x 122.6 x 40 cm)

Type: sculpture

Place made: Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, United States, North and Central America

Date: after 1982

Description: Sculpture in the form of a leopard. This is a carved wooden body of a large, pacing wild cat. Head lowered, legs splayed, the sculpture appears to be stalking forward, tail held horizontally. The body of the sculpture is painted black, with spots of gold and silver glitter thickly covering the back and exterior of the legs, as well as the tail. The head is free of spots. The ears are outlined and detailed in silver paint. The eyes are gold glass marbles. The mouth, a slight indentation carved into the head, is outlined in silver paint. A gold painted fang overlaps the lower lip on each side. Other facial features are carved shallowly and painted black. There is a small bare patch under the chin where the black paint is only thinly applied. The front two paws have claws of metal nails; the back paws are bare.

Topic: African American; Art; Folklife

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Calynne and Lou Hill

Object number: 2010.64.4

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Classification: Visual Arts

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Ku Klux Klan robe and hood worn by Phineas Miller Wilds

Created by: Unidentified
Worn by: Wilds, Phineas Miller, American, 1850 - 1930
Used by: Ku Klux Klan, 2nd, American, 1915 - 1944
Owned by: Rousseau, Richard M., American

Medium: synthetic fiber with rayon

Type: ensembles (costume)

Place used: Fernandina Beach, Nassau County, Florida, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1915-1930

Description: An ensemble comprised of a red Ku Klux Klan (KKK) robe and hood, worn by Phineas Miller Wilds, who was a member of the Jo Wheeler No. 8, Order of the Ku Klux Klan of Fernandina, Florida.

Topic: African American; American South; Clothing and dress; Fraternal organizations; Men; United States--History--1865-1921; United States--History--1919-1933; United States--History--1933-1945; White supremacy movements

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Sandra A. Parks, wife of Stetson Kennedy

Object number: 2011.144.1

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Clothing-Historical

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Flier for the Sumter Drive In Theatre

Printed by: Sumter Drive In Theatre, American, 1930s - 1986

Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
Dimensions: H x W: 7 1/2 x 5 in. (19.1 x 12.7 cm)

Type: fliers (printed matter)

Place used: Bevilles Corner, Sumter County, Florida, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1954

Description: A theatre flyer delivered by postmaster for the Sumter Drive In Theatre in Belvilles Corner, Florida. The flyer is green ink printed on white paper and lists advertisements for the movies playing at the theatre including "Apache", "African Queen", "Valley of the Kings", "Dragonfly Squadron", and "City of Badmen". In the proper upper left corner in the the postage paid there is text that reads [WHITE FAMILIES/ ONE TO EACH].

Topic: African American; Amusements; Film; Segregation

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of David A. Lowrance

Object number: 2011.160.7

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
Exhibition: Taking the Stage
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 054

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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